Rich
@theramblingelf.bsky.social
Culture addict looking for sunshine in a world of darkness. #Filmsky #Metalsky
Music/film/retro gaming nerd. Xbox gamer. Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/2eCAX
Music/film/retro gaming nerd. Xbox gamer. Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/2eCAX
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Sorry state of affairs this
Home Alone is Britain's favourite Christmas film, according to YouGov's Big Survey on Christmas
Home Alone: 19%
Die Hard: 11%
Elf: 9%
Love Actually: 7%
It's a Wonderful Life: 6%
A Christmas Carol: 5%
The Muppet Christmas Carol: 5%
The Holiday: 5%
The Grinch: 4%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
Home Alone: 19%
Die Hard: 11%
Elf: 9%
Love Actually: 7%
It's a Wonderful Life: 6%
A Christmas Carol: 5%
The Muppet Christmas Carol: 5%
The Holiday: 5%
The Grinch: 4%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Sorry state of affairs this
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When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
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Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke, inventor of the DVD.
December 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke, inventor of the DVD.
HERE IT IS, GUYS. FATBOY SLIM x THE ROLLING STONES. norm made this song back in 1999 but the lawyers said no. all these years later and he got his hands on the original stems to unleash the beast. would love to know what you all think of the video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c_V...
Fatboy Slim & The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction Skank - Official Video
YouTube video by Fatboy Slim
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Quite unwell still but I'm off to this tonight. Rolling Stones at the Max from 1990, the only concert film ever shot with IMAX cameras, from their iconic Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour #Filmsky
December 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Quite unwell still but I'm off to this tonight. Rolling Stones at the Max from 1990, the only concert film ever shot with IMAX cameras, from their iconic Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour #Filmsky
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Dolores del Río in a publicity still for Journey Into Fear (1943)
December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Dolores del Río in a publicity still for Journey Into Fear (1943)
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We’re spreading cheer by throwing in free Home of Metal goodies with all shop orders!
We’ve got everything from zines and posters to clothing and hot sauce. Perfect for the heavy metal fan in your life.
homeofmetal.com/shop
We’ve got everything from zines and posters to clothing and hot sauce. Perfect for the heavy metal fan in your life.
homeofmetal.com/shop
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We’re spreading cheer by throwing in free Home of Metal goodies with all shop orders!
We’ve got everything from zines and posters to clothing and hot sauce. Perfect for the heavy metal fan in your life.
homeofmetal.com/shop
We’ve got everything from zines and posters to clothing and hot sauce. Perfect for the heavy metal fan in your life.
homeofmetal.com/shop
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My favourite bit of COVID was watching a group of teens sit socially distanced in a circle in the park, wearing masks, which they each removed and replaced in turn as they passed a spliff between them.
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
My favourite bit of COVID was watching a group of teens sit socially distanced in a circle in the park, wearing masks, which they each removed and replaced in turn as they passed a spliff between them.
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
Finally getting around to trying Stranger Things. Somehow had never got around to it before.
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Finally getting around to trying Stranger Things. Somehow had never got around to it before.
David Lee Roth hasn't been worth seeing live in 20 years but I'm always glad he's out there anyway because he's the only one we've got.
DAVID LEE ROTH Announces First Solo Concert Of 2026b
DAVID LEE ROTH Announces First Solo Concert Of 2026
David Lee Roth has announced his first solo concert of 2026. The 71-year-old former VAN HALEN singer will play the BMO Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 20, 2026 as part of what is being billed...
blabbermouth.net
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
David Lee Roth hasn't been worth seeing live in 20 years but I'm always glad he's out there anyway because he's the only one we've got.
3 guesses what the gender of the person behind this policy is
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
3 guesses what the gender of the person behind this policy is
Long live physical media
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Long live physical media
Given how expensive pensioners are to the state, under this MP's logic we should deport anyone in the business of keeping old people alive.
Unsurprising mask-off racism from Nick Timothy here.
Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
archive.ph/rycVD
Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
archive.ph/rycVD
Strip residency of migrants who are a net financial drain, urges Tory MP
Ministers should withdraw permanent residency from those who draw more in welfare than they contribute, a former No 10 adviser has said
www.thetimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Given how expensive pensioners are to the state, under this MP's logic we should deport anyone in the business of keeping old people alive.
Watching the Diddy documentary on Netflix. I know the legal case inside out but there's a lot of other interesting stuff in this - recommended viewing even if you feel you know the story.
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Watching the Diddy documentary on Netflix. I know the legal case inside out but there's a lot of other interesting stuff in this - recommended viewing even if you feel you know the story.
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I don't think Netflix should get to eat anything else until it finishes all the prematurely cancelled shows on its plate
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I don't think Netflix should get to eat anything else until it finishes all the prematurely cancelled shows on its plate
Ghastly, ghastly man
Yinke Bankola says he was 9 when the sixth form Dulwich school prefect Nigel Farage, aged 17, asked him where he was from, then told him "that's the way back to Africa".
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Ghastly, ghastly man
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"You see, what we're talkin' about here is an organism that imitates other life forms, and it imitates 'em perfectly..."
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"You see, what we're talkin' about here is an organism that imitates other life forms, and it imitates 'em perfectly..."